Voices of the Northwest | Anger, Confusion, and Absolute Hope
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. 15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. 16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” 17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” 21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. 22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. 24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. 25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person. —John 2:13-25 NIV
59 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death. 60 But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward.
Finally two came forward 61 and declared, “This fellow said, ‘I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.’” —Matthew 26:59-61 NIV
39 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads 40 and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, save yourself! Come down from the cross, if you are the Son of God!” —Matthew 27:39-40 NIV
13 When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. —John 2:13 NIV
23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:
“‘The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the LORD their God be with them.’” —2 Chronicles 36:23 NIV
14 In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. —John 2:14 NIV
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! —John 1:29 NIV
30 Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. 31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. —John 20:30-31 NIV
“So that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.”
The temple was a place of:
Presence
Sacrifice
15 So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. —John 2:15 NIV
16 To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” —John 2:16 NIV
17 His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.” —John 2:17 NIV
18 The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?” —John 2:18 NIV
19 Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” —John 2:19 NIV
20 They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” —John 2:20 NIV
21 But the temple he had spoken of was his body. —John 2:21 NIV
22 After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken. —John 2:22 NIV
23 Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. —John 2:23 NIV
24 But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. —John 2:24 NIV
25 He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person. —John 2:25 NIV
1. Come to the temple
2. Become a temple
4 As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by humans but chosen by God and precious to him— 5 you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
9 …you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. —1 Peter 2:4-6, 9b-10 NIV